Walker, Jessica M.; Flack, Karen A.; Lust, Ethan E.; … - In: Renewable Energy 66 (2014) C, pp. 257-267
The impact of blade roughness and biofouling on the performance of a two-bladed horizontal axis marine current turbine was investigated experimentally and numerically. A 0.8 m diameter rotor (1/25th scale) with a NACA 63-618 cross section was tested in a towing tank. The torque, thrust and...